Guerline Jean was shot by Michelet Polynice in the parking lot at the hotel where she works.

Caller: She's shot in the stomach. We need someone here as soon as possible. Dispatcher: Is she awake?Caller: She's awake. We're trying to keep her conscious.

Nearby at the Quality Suites, two women lay dying in an employee-only area. Police said Polynice shot his ex-girlfriend Carlene Pierre, 28, and another woman, before going to the Westgate resort and shooing Jean, Pierre's friend.

At the front desk of the Quality Suites, a guest called 911.

Dispatcher: Do you see security anywhere. Is there anyone you can wave down, an employee?Caller: No, the only people here right now are the guests.

A deputy arrived but couldn’t get to where the women were wounded. On the 911 call, the deputy gets a crowbar and breaks glass to get into the office. But it was too late. Pierre and her coworker died.

Jean is expected to survive.

Many are wondering what could have been done to stop Thursday's tragic shootings in Orlando.

Police said the incident was sparked after Pierre, 28, filed for a temporary domestic violence injunction against Polynice.

Polynice went to Pierre's place of work the next morning and shot her and another woman dead.

At the Harbor House office inside the Orange County courthouse -- a domestic violence safe shelter -- they are getting calls. Some women are so frightened from what happened Thursday to Pierre, that they want to drop temporary injunctions.

Experts tell WESH 2 News that 98 percent of the time, the injunction works.

"Most people respect the law. Most people don't want what they've been doing with their intimate partner to become public, so if they get a piece of paper saying stop, they will," said Carol Wick, from the Harbor House.

But Polynice fell in the 2 percent.

Officials also said Pierre filed for an injunction in Osceola County, where she lived, even though the incident happened in Orange County, where she worked. This caused delays.

And once Polynice was served the injunction, Pierre was likely not notified or warned.

"It's a process that is not in place. It is not legislatively mandated," said Wick.

If Pierre had filed for the injunction in Orange County, she would have been forced to pick up the injunction at the Harbor House office, where victims get potentially life-saving information.

"We can have staff sit with you, do a lethality assessment, tell you how dangerous your situation is," said Wick.

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Two women were shot at the Quality Suites on Canada Avenue just before 8 a.m. Thursday, according to investigators. (Read the full story here)